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==Background==
==Background==
Swearingen was born in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], to Lawson Swearingen, Sr. (1919–2011), and the former Jeanette Christine "Jean" Cadwallader (1922-2012). The senior Swearingen was a [[World War II]] veteran, a graduate of [[Louisiana Tech University]], and an executive with Commercial Union Insurance in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, and, later, [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. The paternal grandparents of Swearingen, Jr., were Annie Marie Estlinbaum and Henry Douglas Swearingen of Eagle Lake, Texas.<ref name=lssobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=lawson-swearingen&pid=155157905|title=Obituary of Lawson Swearingen, Sr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 24, 2011|accessdate=December 28, 2011}}</ref>
Swearingen was born in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], to Lawson Swearingen, Sr. (1919–2011), and the former Jeanette Christine "Jean" Cadwallader (1922-2012). The senior Swearingen was a [[World War II]] veteran, a graduate of [[Louisiana Tech University]], and an executive with Commercial Union Insurance in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, and, later, [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. The paternal grandparents of Swearingen, Jr., were Annie Marie Estlinbaum and Henry Douglas Swearingen of Eagle Lake, Texas.<ref name=lssobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=lawson-swearingen&pid=155157905|title=Obituary of Lawson Swearingen, Sr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 24, 2011|accessdate=October 27, 2019}}</ref>
His mother, Jean, daughter of the Reverend Chester Sabin Cadwallader and the former Carrie Kendall, met her husband at [[Baylor University]] in her native [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. While the couple resided in Ruston, she was for twelve years the Lincoln Parish deputy clerk of court. She was active in [[Southern Baptist]] women's groups and assisted her husband while they were living in Boston to organize [[Billy Graham]]'s 1980 New England Crusade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=jean-swearingen&pid=157513081|title=Jean Swearingen obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=May 11, 2012}}</ref>
His mother, Jean, daughter of the Reverend Chester Sabin Cadwallader and the former Carrie Kendall, met her husband at [[Baylor University]] in her native [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. While the couple resided in Ruston, she was for twelve years the Lincoln Parish deputy clerk of court. She was active in [[Southern Baptist]] women's groups and assisted her husband while they were living in Boston to organize [[Billy Graham]]'s 1980 New England Crusade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=jean-swearingen&pid=157513081|title=Jean Swearingen obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=May 11, 2012}}</ref>
In 1969, Swearingen received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He then practiced law for twenty-two years in Monroe while he also served as a state senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123people.com/ext/frm?ti=person%20finder&search_term=cherrie%20walker&search_country=US&st=person%20finder&target_url=http%3A%2F%2Flrd.yahooapis.com%2F_ylc%3DX3oDMTVnZmI1dDc1BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDc1k3Wlo2clYzNEhSZm5ZdGVmcmkzRUx4VG5makpERG5QOWVKV1NGSkJHcTJ1V1dFa0xVdm5IYnNBeUNyVkd5Y2REVElUX2tlBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAMxNG03NVdLSWNycFFiQm5VckJ1bnVvNXVXODV4V1V0T21aQUFEbV9B%2FSIG%3D11dt50tr4%2F**http%253A%2F%2Fwww.ulm.edu%2Fthebayou%2Fthebayou.pdf§ion=biography&wrt_id=110|title=’’The Bayou: The History and Traditions of the University of Louisiana at Monroe’’|publisher=123people.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref>
In 1969, Swearingen received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He then practiced law for twenty-two years in Monroe while he also served as a state senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123people.com/ext/frm?ti=person%20finder&search_term=cherrie%20walker&search_country=US&st=person%20finder&target_url=http%3A%2F%2Flrd.yahooapis.com%2F_ylc%3DX3oDMTVnZmI1dDc1BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDc1k3Wlo2clYzNEhSZm5ZdGVmcmkzRUx4VG5makpERG5QOWVKV1NGSkJHcTJ1V1dFa0xVdm5IYnNBeUNyVkd5Y2REVElUX2tlBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAMxNG03NVdLSWNycFFiQm5VckJ1bnVvNXVXODV4V1V0T21aQUFEbV9B%2FSIG%3D11dt50tr4%2F**http%253A%2F%2Fwww.ulm.edu%2Fthebayou%2Fthebayou.pdf§ion=biography&wrt_id=110|title=’’The Bayou: The History and Traditions of the University of Louisiana at Monroe’’|publisher=123people.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==
===Louisiana State Senate===
===Louisiana State Senate===